BRAVERY IN STORM
MERCHANT MIDSHIPWAN
PRINCE'S CONCRATUtATIONS
(British Official Wlrelei*)
KUGBY,: January SSL
IKo Prince of "Wales, as Master el the Merchant Navy, yesterday / con* graitulated \Miclshipman Tirnims; * whai displayed exceptional bravery and en« durance in the Blue Funnel liner Phem« ius, which was recently for five day 4 at the mercy of a hurricane, in thfl Caribbean Sea. ~ ~;•.■'..
So violent was the wind that th* hatch covers were ripped off and tha thirty-ton funnel was lifted bodily puti of the vessel's decks. .■'..'
Timrhs's head was cut open during the hurricane, but for twenty-three hours in the scuppers he poured Oil in.' a steady volume on the water beneath! the vessel's bows. The captain declared that failure would have.meant almost certain disaster, as 1200 tons of ■wstSgt poured through the open hatch**.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 11
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132BRAVERY IN STORM Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 11
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